Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg was proven guilty of all four crimes in the Nuremburg Trials. He was a minister of the eastern occupied territories. Alfred didn’t move to Germany until he was 25 and that was in 1918. He moved from Estonia. He didn’t become a Nazi member until 1919. He wasn’t well liked in the Nazi party but Hitler liked him. He was appointed to many minor offices of the Nazi party. He was elected to be Reich Minister in 1930. He knew a lot about the plans to get Hitler to become a tyrant. Interview Lena: Hello Alfred is it okay if I ask you a few questions. Alfred: Go ahead. Lena: Why did you choose to move to Germany in 1918? Alfred: It is a strong and powerful country that I wanted to become a part of. Lena: I see. Why did you want to join the Nazi party? Alfred: I saw Hitler as a good leader that I wanted to follow. I believed in the way he talked and what he said was true. I joined to become a part of what I believe in. Lena: What was it that he said that made you want to follow him? Alfred: I thought that the Jews were a race that needed to be gone they were the people who took the peace from Germany and they needed to die for it. Lena: I have heard that you knew of the mass extermination that was going to take out all the Jews. Why would you keep a secret like this? Alfred: It wasn’t hard at all to keep it I wanted it to happen I was excited for the Jews to soon be gone. Lena: How did you feel to keep this big of a secret? Alfred: I was honored to be able to know of this. As I said it didn’t bother me at all to keep the secret and to let it happen. Lena: Did you really help with the planning of the theft and vandalism of the Jewish properties? Alfred: Yes I did and I am proud to have been a part of it. Lena: How did destroying there properties bring satisfaction to you? Alfred: I was just glad they new they weren’t wanted in the world. Lena: What things did you do to their properties? Alfred: I broke windows and put up fires and trashed all their property so some of it wasn’t suitable to live in. Lena: Okay. What did you do for the Nazi paper, People’s Observer? Alfred: I was the editor and I made sure every thing in the paper was anti-Jew. Lena: Why did you do this job? Alfred: I wanted to make sure that people believed that the Jews were not people we wanted and they needed to be killed so this taught the people the right way instead of growing up against the Nazis. Lena: Why did you become a paper editor thought? Why not write a book on it. Alfred: I see more people getting knowledge from Newspapers than books. People don’t read books they like to read the papers to get the news. Lena: Yes I do read a paper a lot so I see where you are getting at. What did you like to be the minister? Alfred: If I taught people the beliefs in church they would have to believe anything I say about the Jews and they would follow my word and Hitler’s word. Lena: I have heard that you helped plan the attack on Norway. Is this true? Alfred: Yes this is true. I am happy to have done it and glad it was the start of the war. Lena: Why do you think Hitler Killed Himself? Alfred: He didn’t want to be punished for the things that he did. He thought it was the right thing to do but then I think he realized he knew he was doing a bad thing so he killed himself. Lena: Are you proud to have been close to Hitler? Alfred: Yes I don’t look back and regret one thing that I did in my time in the Nazi Party. Lena: Does this mean you are glad to be killed for doing what you have done for the Jews? Alfred: Yes. I am happy as I told you to have been in the Nazi party and to die still in the Nazi Party. Lena: Do you think that if you didn’t join the Nazi Party when you first moved do you think you would have joined once the war started or would you have been against it? Alfred: I would have most defiantly followed Hitler. I saw him as one of Germany’s best leaders. I also would have died if I didn’t but I was for everything that he said I don’t think that I could have disagreed with a thing the man said. Lena: Were you ever at a time afraid of Hitler? Alfred: He was one of my closest friends so I wasn’t scared much of him but once I saw him mad and it did scared me a bit but not for long because he wasn’t mad at me. Lena: Did you ever see Hitler kill a person? Alfred: He didn’t kill any one except him and his family right before he committed suicide. Lena: That is very strange considering he ordered other people to kill the Jews and if they didn’t he would have some one kill that person. Alfred: Yes I know. If that is all you have to ask I will be leaving. Lena: Wait I have a few more questions to ask about the trial. Alfred: Proceed. Lena: When you knew that the allies were coming were you scared at all about your life? Alfred: No I didn’t I was thinking of where I could go hide so I wouldn’t be captured. I didn’t think an Alli would kill me until after the Trial. Lena: Do you think you should have been guilty on all four of the crimes you were charged for? Alfred: I knew I did every one of those charges wrong but I knew after I heard about the other trials and the punishments that they had received that I would be sentenced death and that I would soon be hung. Lena: Did you ever think that if you were not found guilty of just one of the crimes that you could have your life and to be in jail? Alfred: Yes I didn’t think of that but then I got to thinking and I would rather die soon then to spend my whole life in a prison suffering just waiting to die. Lena: That is what you did to the Jews though. Did you ever stop to think what if you were in that camp just waiting to die? Alfred: That is why we killed the sick, so they don’t have to sit in there and suffer. Lena: What about the ones you made have a horrible life and then die in the camp because of exhaustion and starvation? Alfred: I think that they did deserve it though they were the ones who destroyed the peace of Germany after all. Lena: And you think you don’t deserve to die to have taken part and killing them. At least when we the allies are going to kill you we have a good reason. You killed people and they didn’t kill any one on intention. Alfred: I am tired of your questions good day Lena: Good day.
Alfred Rosenberg was proven guilty of all four crimes in the Nuremburg Trials. He was a minister of the eastern occupied territories. Alfred didn’t move to Germany until he was 25 and that was in 1918. He moved from Estonia. He didn’t become a Nazi member until 1919. He wasn’t well liked in the Nazi party but Hitler liked him. He was appointed to many minor offices of the Nazi party. He was elected to be Reich Minister in 1930. He knew a lot about the plans to get Hitler to become a tyrant.
Interview
Lena: Hello Alfred is it okay if I ask you a few questions.
Alfred: Go ahead.
Lena: Why did you choose to move to Germany in 1918?
Alfred: It is a strong and powerful country that I wanted to become a part of.
Lena: I see. Why did you want to join the Nazi party?
Alfred: I saw Hitler as a good leader that I wanted to follow. I believed in the way he talked and what he said was true. I joined to become a part of what I believe in.
Lena: What was it that he said that made you want to follow him?
Alfred: I thought that the Jews were a race that needed to be gone they were the people who took the peace from Germany and they needed to die for it.
Lena: I have heard that you knew of the mass extermination that was going to take out all the Jews. Why would you keep a secret like this?
Alfred: It wasn’t hard at all to keep it I wanted it to happen I was excited for the Jews to soon be gone.
Lena: How did you feel to keep this big of a secret?
Alfred: I was honored to be able to know of this. As I said it didn’t bother me at all to keep the secret and to let it happen.
Lena: Did you really help with the planning of the theft and vandalism of the Jewish properties?
Alfred: Yes I did and I am proud to have been a part of it.
Lena: How did destroying there properties bring satisfaction to you?
Alfred: I was just glad they new they weren’t wanted in the world.
Lena: What things did you do to their properties?
Alfred: I broke windows and put up fires and trashed all their property so some of it wasn’t suitable to live in.
Lena: Okay. What did you do for the Nazi paper, People’s Observer?
Alfred: I was the editor and I made sure every thing in the paper was anti-Jew.
Lena: Why did you do this job?
Alfred: I wanted to make sure that people believed that the Jews were not people we wanted and they needed to be killed so this taught the people the right way instead of growing up against the Nazis.
Lena: Why did you become a paper editor thought? Why not write a book on it.
Alfred: I see more people getting knowledge from Newspapers than books. People don’t read books they like to read the papers to get the news.
Lena: Yes I do read a paper a lot so I see where you are getting at. What did you like to be the minister?
Alfred: If I taught people the beliefs in church they would have to believe anything I say about the Jews and they would follow my word and Hitler’s word.
Lena: I have heard that you helped plan the attack on Norway. Is this true?
Alfred: Yes this is true. I am happy to have done it and glad it was the start of the war.
Lena: Why do you think Hitler Killed Himself?
Alfred: He didn’t want to be punished for the things that he did. He thought it was the right thing to do but then I think he realized he knew he was doing a bad thing so he killed himself.
Lena: Are you proud to have been close to Hitler?
Alfred: Yes I don’t look back and regret one thing that I did in my time in the Nazi Party.
Lena: Does this mean you are glad to be killed for doing what you have done for the Jews?
Alfred: Yes. I am happy as I told you to have been in the Nazi party and to die still in the Nazi Party.
Lena: Do you think that if you didn’t join the Nazi Party when you first moved do you think you would have joined once the war started or would you have been against it?
Alfred: I would have most defiantly followed Hitler. I saw him as one of Germany’s best leaders. I also would have died if I didn’t but I was for everything that he said I don’t think that I could have disagreed with a thing the man said.
Lena: Were you ever at a time afraid of Hitler?
Alfred: He was one of my closest friends so I wasn’t scared much of him but once I saw him mad and it did scared me a bit but not for long because he wasn’t mad at me.
Lena: Did you ever see Hitler kill a person?
Alfred: He didn’t kill any one except him and his family right before he committed suicide.
Lena: That is very strange considering he ordered other people to kill the Jews and if they didn’t he would have some one kill that person.
Alfred: Yes I know. If that is all you have to ask I will be leaving.
Lena: Wait I have a few more questions to ask about the trial.
Alfred: Proceed.
Lena: When you knew that the allies were coming were you scared at all about your life?
Alfred: No I didn’t I was thinking of where I could go hide so I wouldn’t be captured. I didn’t think an Alli would kill me until after the Trial.
Lena: Do you think you should have been guilty on all four of the crimes you were charged for?
Alfred: I knew I did every one of those charges wrong but I knew after I heard about the other trials and the punishments that they had received that I would be sentenced death and that I would soon be hung.
Lena: Did you ever think that if you were not found guilty of just one of the crimes that you could have your life and to be in jail?
Alfred: Yes I didn’t think of that but then I got to thinking and I would rather die soon then to spend my whole life in a prison suffering just waiting to die.
Lena: That is what you did to the Jews though. Did you ever stop to think what if you were in that camp just waiting to die?
Alfred: That is why we killed the sick, so they don’t have to sit in there and suffer.
Lena: What about the ones you made have a horrible life and then die in the camp because of exhaustion and starvation?
Alfred: I think that they did deserve it though they were the ones who destroyed the peace of Germany after all.
Lena: And you think you don’t deserve to die to have taken part and killing them. At least when we the allies are going to kill you we have a good reason. You killed people and they didn’t kill any one on intention.
Alfred: I am tired of your questions good day
Lena: Good day.